While I was in a daze, An Lan rushed towards me, squatted beside me, and asked me eagerly: "Chen Feng, how are you? Are you okay?"
I just choked on a few mouthfuls of water and was a little weak, so there was nothing serious about me.
"No, I'm fine, don't worry." I said to An Lan after taking a few breaths.
So An Lan helped me up from the ground again. I looked at the handsome guy who saved the little girl. His first aid technique was very professional.
Soon, the little girl choked out two mouthfuls of water and cried loudly.
The moment they heard the little girl cry, everyone around them breathed a sigh of relief.
The little girl's mother also knelt down in front of me and the handsome guy, thanking us repeatedly. She had cried so hard that she had no energy left.
The handsome man helped the little girl's mother up and said to her with a smile: "Sister, you're welcome. Take your child to the hospital for a checkup quickly. Don't worry, your child is fine."
"Thank you, thank you, I... don't even know how to thank you."
I immediately said to her: "Take your child to the hospital quickly, don't delay."
The woman nodded her thanks repeatedly. At this time, the handsome man turned to a middle-aged man next to him and said, "Brother Yang, please take them to the hospital."
But the middle-aged man asked him: "Mr. Gu, what about you? The old man is waiting for you at home!"
"I'm fine. I can just take a taxi back. You can take them to the hospital quickly."
The middle-aged man didn't ask any more questions, nodded and walked towards the roadside with the mother and daughter.
The handsome guy looked at me and seemed to have recognized me. He was a little surprised and said, "It's you!"
I smiled politely at him and said, "Thank you for helping me just now, otherwise I might..."
He smiled again and said to me: "It's okay. If you hadn't grabbed the little girl's hand first, we wouldn't have been able to save her."
After saying that, he asked me again: "By the way, are you okay?"
I shook my head, indicating that it was okay.
This person left a good impression on me, even though he wanted to get to know An Lan in front of me before, but that was because he didn't know that An Lan was married.
Later he found out and apologized to me, and now he is here to save people again. Everything he did was very pleasing to me.
After a short pause, I asked him again: "Handsome guy, what do you call him?"
"My name is Gu Ming."
"My name is Chen Feng. I'll treat you to dinner if I have the chance." I said.
He smiled at me again, and his whole person seemed to give people a very upright feeling.
He probably had something else to do, so he left first. There are not many people like him who do good deeds without leaving their names behind.
And I can feel that this person is definitely extraordinary. The middle-aged man just called him Mr. Gu, which proves that he should be a boss. As for how old the boss is, it is unknown.
The clothes on my body were also soaked, so I had to go back and change quickly.
I didn't stay any longer. After I calmed down, I went back to the hotel with An Lan.
I went back to the hotel, took a shower, changed my clothes, and felt better.
An Lan complained to me again: "It was so dangerous just now. After seeing you and that little girl being sucked into the water, I was worried to death."
"Am I okay? Don't worry."
"Can you stop worrying? Don't be so impulsive when doing things in the future."
I smiled bitterly and said: "In the situation just now, what else can I do? The little girl is not much older than Xiao Man, so she can be saved no matter what!"
"Anyway, don't be so impulsive next time. You have to ensure your own safety when saving others."
I knew An Lan was worried about me. In fact, she wanted to save the little girl more than I did.
I didn’t say any more, smiled, nodded, and said, “Okay, I’ll think twice before I act.”
"Um."
I suddenly thought of the handsome guy named Gu Ming again, and suddenly smiled and said to An Lan: "I didn't expect that handsome guy to be quite righteous. He jumped before me, so I was still saved by him."
"Yeah, if he didn't hold you back at that time, I really can't imagine the consequences."
I smiled sarcastically and said with emotion: "He is so handsome, has such a good character, and seems to be quite rich. Shouldn't such a person be very popular?"
An Lan knew what I meant. She snorted softly and said, "I can't control other people. Anyway, I like your hexagram."
When I heard her say that, I was of course happy and hugged her to bed.
"Go to sleep!"
…
Early the next morning, An Lan and I went home together.
Every time after a long trip, I will have a different feeling when I return to my hometown.
I always feel that the one-third of an acre of land here should be the place that I must protect.
As for those people in the outside world who are obsessed with life and money, it has nothing to do with me.
What I just want to hear every day when I open my eyes is the chirping of birds. When I open the window, I can see the scene of neighbors working in the fields with hoes on their backs. There is also the scene of people sitting at the entrance of the village waving cattail fans to enjoy the cool air on summer evenings.
I just want to live here for the rest of my life, without worrying about worldly things, fame and fortune, or worldly sophistication.
When I first got home, I unexpectedly found that swallows had built a nest in my house. They probably built the nest just two days ago. There had never been one before.
An Lan also discovered it. She was so excited that she danced and said, "Chen Feng, look quickly, is that a nest built by a swallow?"
"Yes, what's all the fuss about."
"This is the first time I've seen it. It's so strange."
But I replied disapprovingly: "This is nothing strange. Swallows fly here every year to build nests, and they fly away in late autumn. It's just that they came a little later this year."
An Lan was as happy as a child: "It's really beautiful. No, I have to take a photo."
As An Lan said that, he took out his mobile phone and walked over to take pictures of the swallows parked at the door.
But as soon as she came closer, the swallows all flew away.
An Lan pouted, with "frustration" written all over his face: "What a pity, they flew away."
"Of course they have to fly away because they are afraid that you will hurt them. This is also a sense of self-protection."
"But if they are scared, why do they want to build a nest here?"
I couldn't answer this question, so I just smiled and explained: "As for swallows, they are also called 'house swallows'. From this name, you can tell that they have been living with humans for a long time, so humans are also interested in swallows."
There is a sense of intimacy, like a family. And swallows eat flies and mosquitoes, so you rarely see swallows in the city, most of them are in the countryside."
An Lan nodded in understanding, and just as another swallow flew back, she quickly picked up her phone and took a picture of the scene.
When I saw her smiling, I took a photo with my mobile phone.
In a daze, I remembered that when I was very young, my mother was drying clothes in the yard. There were swallows building nests under the eaves, and black birds flew by quickly from time to time.
The sun was always bright at that time, large white clouds were floating in the sky, and the laughter of children always passed through every lane in the village.
When I was a child, I felt that the life around me was not very affluent, but it felt more abundant than it is now.
People's income is not high and their material resources are limited, but the connections between people and the outside world are as harmonious as water and milk.
At this time, Xiao Man ran out cheering after hearing my and An Lan's voices.